[ The insect has stopped moving ever since she brought it to her room, but its previous activity imbues it with the potential, as if it might take flight the moment she lets her guard down. She pinches its carapace between thumb and finger, turning it this way and that to let the girl admire it, before moving to drop it onto the girl's hands. That would be its chance to fly off, and that would be the test. But it doesn't. ]
(We found out quite a bit from you tinkering with stuff at the Shril too, right? What would we even do without you.)
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[ The insect has stopped moving ever since she brought it to her room, but its previous activity imbues it with the potential, as if it might take flight the moment she lets her guard down. She pinches its carapace between thumb and finger, turning it this way and that to let the girl admire it, before moving to drop it onto the girl's hands. That would be its chance to fly off, and that would be the test. But it doesn't. ]
( We found out quite a bit from you tinkering with stuff at the Shril too, right? What would we even do without you. )